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    Vocational qualification

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

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Learn how to install and maintain an irrigation system easily.! A ten lesson course that covers the design, installation, maintenance, operation and evaluation of simple irrigation systems. This course is similar to AG302 and HT304, but focuses on irrigation for parks, home gardens, and other ornamental horticulture areas.None

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Subjects

  • Design
  • Systems
  • Installation
  • Agricultural Science
  • Horticulture
  • Gardening
  • Agriculture Development
  • Arboriculture
  • Arborist
  • Cultivation
  • Garden Design
  • Landscape Design
  • Landscape Management

Course programme

Lesson Structure: Irrigation (Gardens) BHT210
There are 10 lessons:

Introduction to Irrigation
Soil Characteristics and Problems
Estimating Plant Needs and Irrigation Scheduling
Drainage
Types of Irrigation Systems
Trickle Systems
Design Specifications
Pumps and Filters
Selecting the Right System for a Plant
Design and Operation of Systems.

This course is taught by:

Katie Freeth
BSc. (Hons) Horticulture, (University of Bath); RHS General Examination; FI Hort; MIfpra.

An experienced and professional horticulturist with extensive management skills gained internationally; experienced in landscape management, staff supervision and management, written and oral communication, horticultural knowledge and application, supported by organisational and administrative skills and attention to detail.

Katie brings 20 years experience in Horticulture and is an accomplished lecturer, horticulture consultant and freelance writer. Katie is a judge for the International Awards for Liveable Communities in the Whole City Category.
Katie also worked for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in France for approx 5 years first as a Sector Manager and then as an Area Manager; management of the cemeteries, peripatetic teams of gardeners (UK & French nationality) for the constructed cemeteries and memorials and static French nationality gardeners for small town/village plots.

Susan Stephenson
BSc in Applied Plant Biology (Botany) Univ. London 1983.
City and guilds: Garden Centre Management, Management and Interior Decor (1984)
Management qualifications in training with retail store. Diploma in Hort level 2 (RHS General) Distinction.

Susan Stephenson is a passionate and experienced horticulturist and garden designer. She has authored three books, lectures at 2 Further and Higher Education Colleges, teaching people of all ages and backgrounds about the wonders of plants and garden design, and tutors many students by correspondence from all over the world.

Susan studied botany at Royal Holloway College (Univ of London) and worked in the trading industry before returning to her first love plants and garden design. She is therefore, well placed to combine business knowledge with horticulture and design skills. Her experience is wide and varied and she has designed gardens for families and individuals. Susan is a mentor for garden designers who are just starting out, offering her support and advice and she also writes, delivers and assesses courses for colleges, introducing and encouraging people into horticulture and garden design.

Susan is a Professional Associate and exam moderator and holds the RHS General with Distinction. She continues to actively learn about horticulture and plants and (as her students will tell you) remains passionate and interested in design and horticulture.

She also supervised the Area Arboriculture Team and was Exhumations Officer€“ in charge of collecting discovered remains and arranging identification (if poss) and interment of same.
Learning Goals: Irrigation (Gardens) BHT210

Explain the significance of soil in irrigation.
Explain how to determine when to irrigate in a small scale situation.
Manage irrigation in a given situation.
Explain the significance of different aspects of moving water including: drainage, pumps, filters, storage and recirculation.
Select an appropriate irrigation system for a given situation.
Explain the principles of design for a simple irrigation system.
Design a simple irrigation system.
Oversee the installation of an irrigation system.

Additional information

Horticulture, Mass Flower Production, Gardening
ASIQUAL

Garden Irrigation

£ 340 + VAT